the little data book on information and communication

The Information Sourcebook of Herbal Medicine

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hoffman, David, PUBLISHER: Crossing Press, ong>Theong> only comprehensive guide to information on western herbal medicine, this invaluable ong>bookong> offers a bibliography of herbalism and herbal pharmacology, a glossary of herbal and medical terms, a guide to computer ong>dataong>bases for ong>theong> herbalist, and Medline citations for commonly used medicinal herbs.

The Fires of Heaven

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jordan, Robert, PUBLISHER: ong>Littleong>, Brown ong>Bookong> Group, "ong>Theong> Wheel of Time" turns, and Ages come and go. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under ong>theong> Shadow. "Let ong>theong> Dragon ride again on ong>theong> winds of time."

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Mayo Clinic on Digestive Health (Spanish Ed)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clinic Spanish, Mayo, PUBLISHER: Mayo Clinic, This 13-volume set from ong>theong> Mayo Clinic gives detailed information on various health conditions, for example, high blood pressure, depression, and prostate health. Each ong>bookong> contains a wealth of information including charts and graphs.

Cop Talk: Essential Communication Skills for Community

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kidd, Virginia / Braziel, Rick / Kidd, Dr Virginia, PUBLISHER: Rowman & ong>Littleong>field Publishers, Community oriented policing requires increased and improved communication between officers and ong>theong>ir community. COP Talk provides officers concrete ways to improve ong>theong>ir communication with community members, fellow officers, government agencies, and ong>theong> media. COP Talk blends proven academic principles with practical skill-building tools tailored to ong>theong> special needs of police-community interactions. Includes key features to enhance learning and recall: Composite Stories of actual experiences illustrate communication concepts and techniques. Action Clips show how specific communication techniques and strategies have been used successfully in real-life application. Pocket Guides expand on ong>theong> topic at hand, introduce helpful related information, and summarize complex processes. Activities help officers apply ong>theong> concepts and practice implementing new techniques. Packed with advice, COP Talk demystifies ong>theong> art of building relationships, conducting meetings, giving talks, involving ong>theong> community, problem solving, and getting publicity.

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The Indigenous World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vinding, Diana, PUBLISHER: IWGIA, This ong>bookong> stands alone in its comprehensive presentation of current information affecting indigenous peoples in different regions throughout ong>theong> world. With contributions from both indigenous as well as non-indigenous scholars and activists, it provides an overview of recent developments that have impacted indigenous peoples in North America, Central America, South America, Australia and ong>theong> Pacific, Asia, Africa, and elsewhere. "ong>Theong> Indigenous World " contains ong>theong> most recent information available on international human rights efforts in addition to movements and changes in ong>theong> indigenous organizational landscape. This ong>bookong> serves as an update on ong>theong> state of affairs of indigenous peoples around ong>theong> world by region and country. It also updates ong>theong> human rights processes and oong>theong>r international processes such as ong>theong> african Commision on Human and People's Rights. Diana Vinding is an anthropologist and project coordinator at ong>theong> International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA).

Silver in London: The Parker and Wakelin Partnership,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clifford, Helen, PUBLISHER: Bard Center, ong>Theong> firm of Parker and Wakelin was ong>theong> foremost silversmith in London for much of ong>theong> eighteenth century, supplying royalty, aristocracy, and gentry with both domestic and ceremonial plate. This fascinating ong>bookong> draws on ong>theong> firm's records for this period to provide a remarkable account of patrons and ong>theong>ir purchases and to investigate ong>theong> social and economic structures on which ong>theong> firm depended, revealing new information about ong>theong> complex web of out-workers with specialist skills and raising questions of authorship. Beautifully illustrated, ong>theong> ong>bookong> is both a social history of consumption in Georgian London and an investigation into ong>theong> world of working men and women at that time. Acquista Ora

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Pmp Challenge, Fourth Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ward J Leroy / Levin Ginger, PUBLISHER: Esi International, Completely revised and updated, this easy-to-use, flashcard-format ong>bookong> lets readers quiz ong>theong>mselves on all nine of ong>theong> project management knowledge areas and ong>theong> professional responsibility domain. That's a total of 600 questions, and each one includes references to ong>theong> five project management process groups, ong>theong> focus of ong>theong> PMP(R) exam. ong>Theong> ong>bookong> is comprised of chapters for each of ong>theong> processes and each chapter contains 60 questions and answers. A proven tool for preparing for ong>theong> PMP(R) certification exam, ong>theong> ong>bookong> covers information not included on ong>theong> PMBOK, but that is required to pass ong>theong> test, such as various quality management concepts, communications styles, and more.

Devised and Collaborative Theatre

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bicat, Tina / Baldwin, Chris / Barker, Clive, PUBLISHER: Crowood Press (UK), This ong>bookong> is written for all companies, student and professional, who are interested in non-text-based ong>theong>atre and shines a practical light on ong>theong> passionate business of ong>theong> devising process. It includes suggestions and advice on getting started and developing trust and communication within ong>theong> devising company; how to research and use ong>theong> results to stimulate ideas and discussion in ong>theong> rehearsal period; encouraging, channelling, and developing ideas in ong>theong> rehearsal room; discovering and incorporating ong>theong> unexpected in rehearsal; backstage and design work, with sample checklists; raising money and organizing budgets; and how to stop talking, start playing, and develop ong>theong> performance for an audience.

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Book of the Kindred

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: White Wolf Games Studio / Rein-Hagen, Mark, PUBLISHER: White Wolf Games Studio, ong>Theong> Vampire Storytellers Companion collects new rules, abilities and bloodlines to aid Storytellers in ong>theong>ir task of world-building. This ong>bookong> and screen present new information on ong>theong> less numerous Kindred of ong>theong> World of Darkness, as well as an expanded weapons list and Frightening Disciplines only whispered of by ong>theong> Kindred of ong>theong> Camarilla and Sabbat.

Logic and Information

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Devlin, Keith J., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In this provocative and ground-breaking ong>bookong>, Keith Devlin argues that in order to obtain a deeper understanding of ong>theong> nature of intelligence and knowledge acquisition, we must broaden our concept of logic. Classical logic, beginning with ong>theong> work of Aristotle, has developed into a powerful and rigorous maong>theong>matical ong>theong>ory with many applications in maong>theong>matics and computer science, but it has proved woefully inadequate in ong>theong> search for artificial intelligence. ong>Theong> new kind of logic, also maong>theong>matically based, outlined by Professor Devlin is ong>theong> culmination of collaborative research among some of ong>theong> world's leading logicians, philosophers, linguists, psychologists, and computer scientists. It introduces ong>theong> concepts of infon, a quantum of information, and situations, a dynamical generalization of sets, and is capable of handlng ong>theong> issues involved in human communication, thought, speech, and machine information processing.

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Mosby's Color Atlas and Text of Gastroenterology and Liver

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Aspinall, Richard J. / Taylor-Robinson, Simon D., PUBLISHER: Mosby Ltd., Featuring more than 300 full-color illustrations, Mosby's Color Atlas and Text: Gastroenterology and Liver Disease presents comprehensive information on gastroenterology in a concise, easy to assimilate format. Key features include definition boxes, diagnostic and ong>theong>rapeutic algorithms, tables of comparative ong>dataong> and summary boxes. ong>Theong> emphasis throughout is on symptomatology, investigation, and treatment, guiding ong>theong> reader through ong>theong> correct processes to accurately diagnose and treat ong>theong> full range of gastrointestinal conditions. ong>Theong> ong>bookong> is extensively illustrated throughout, featuring full-color clinical and endoscopic photographs, ong>theong> very latest black-and-white imaging modalities, numerous definition boxes and tables, and full-color algorithms and artwork.

Risk Management: Concepts and Guidance, Third Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pritchard Carl L, PUBLISHER: Esi International, An encyclopedia of risk management tools, this third edition covers ong>theong> latest perspectives on risk. It focuses on a systematic approach to risk management and highlights specific techniques that enhance organizational risk identification, assessment, and management. Providing a blueprint for assessing and mitigating risk, ong>theong> ong>bookong> addresses risk processes and practices as well as specific risk management techniques. It includes four appendices that contain information on contractor risk management, list of risk sources, basic probability concepts, quantifying expert judgement, and special notes on software risk. ong>Theong> ong>bookong> concludes with a glossary of terms.

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Mining the Web: Discovering Knowledge from Hypertext Data

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Chakrabarti, Soumen, PUBLISHER: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Mining ong>theong> Web: Discovering Knowledge from Hypertext ong>Dataong> is ong>theong> first ong>bookong> devoted entirely to techniques for producing knowledge from ong>theong> vast body of unstructured Web ong>dataong>. Building on an initial survey of infrastructural issues-including Web crawling and indexing-Chakrabarti examines low-level machine learning techniques as ong>theong>y relate specifically to ong>theong> challenges of Web mining. He ong>theong>n devotes ong>theong> final part of ong>theong> ong>bookong> to applications that unite infrastructure and analysis to bring machine learning to bear on systematically acquired and stored ong>dataong>. Here ong>theong> focus is on results: ong>theong> strengths and weaknesses of ong>theong>se applications, along with ong>theong>ir potential as foundations for furong>theong>r progress. From Chakrabarti's work-painstaking, critical, and forward-looking-readers will gain ong>theong> ong>theong>oretical and practical understanding ong>theong>y need to contribute to ong>theong> Web mining effort. * A comprehensive, critical exploration of statistics-based attempts to make sense of Web Mining. * Details ong>theong> special challenges associated with analyzing unstructured and semi-structured ong>dataong>. * Looks at how classical Information Retrieval techniques have been modified for use with Web ong>dataong>. * Focuses on today's dominant learning methods: clustering and classification, hyperlink analysis, and supervised and semi-supervised learning. * Analyzes current applications for resource discovery and social network analysis. * An excellent way to introduce students to especially vital applications of ong>dataong> mining and machine learning technology.

The World Almanac and Book of Facts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Janssen, Sarah, PUBLISHER: World Almanac ong>Bookong>s, "ong>Theong> World Almanac(r) and ong>Bookong> of Facts" is America's top-selling reference ong>bookong> of all time, with more than 80 million copies sold. Published annually since , this compendium of information is ong>theong> authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. Praised as a "treasure trove of political, economic, scientific and educational statistics and information" by ong>Theong> Wall Street Journal, "ong>Theong> World Almanac(r)" contains thousands of facts that are unavailable publicly elsewhere in fact, it has been featured as a category on Jeopardy and is routinely used as a go-to, all-encompassing guide for aspiring game show contestants. ong>Theong> edition of "ong>Theong> World Almanac(r) and ong>Bookong> of Facts" will answer all of your trivia questions(r) from history and sports to geography, pop culture, and much more.

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Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications: Third

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pan, Y. / Pan, Yi / Chen, Daoxu, PUBLISHER: Springer, This ong>bookong> constitutes ong>theong> refereed proceedings of ong>theong> Third International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications, ISPA , held in Nanjing, China in November . ong>Theong> 90 revised full papers and 19 revised short papers presented togeong>theong>r with 3 keynote speeches and 2 tutorials were carefully reviewed and selected from 645 submissions. ong>Theong> papers are organized in topical sections on cluster systems and applications, performance evaluation and measurements, distributed algorithms and systems, fault tolerance and reliability, high-performance computing and architecture, parallel algorithms and systems, network routing and communication algorithms, security algorithms and systems, grid applications and systems, ong>dataong>base applications and ong>dataong> mining, distributed processing and architecture, sensor networks and protocols, peer-to-peer algorithms and systems, internet computing and Web technologies, network protocols and switching, and ad hoc and wireless networks.

Book of Tea and Herbs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ministry of Information / Amador, Gina, PUBLISHER: Cole Group, "ong>Theong> Republic Of Tea ong>Bookong> Of Tea & Herbs" is a comprehensive introduction to ong>theong> world of tea and herbs, with specific information about fine tea varietals, all organized by country and growing regions. ong>Theong>re are over 100 illustrations in this highly imaginative and entertaining volume packed with tea fact, lore, and reflection.

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The Daily Telegraph Guide to the Antique Shops of Britain

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adams, Carol, PUBLISHER: ACC Distribution, For ong>theong> past 28 years this chunky fact-filled ong>bookong> has established itself as ong>theong> bible of antique collectors and dealers. Well-thumbed copies are to be found in ong>theong> glove compartments and ong>theong> reference shelves of enthusiasts and professionals in both ong>theong> UK and overseas. A new edition of ong>theong> guide is issued annually. In-depth information about each shop includes not only ong>theong> address and phone number, but also ong>theong> date established, opening hours, type of stock and price range, details of location, where to park, ong>theong> name of ong>theong> proprietor, and membership of trade associations. ong>Theong> Guide also contains information on auctioneers, packers and shippers, a specialist dealers' index as well as a section on services to ong>theong> antiques trade.

Multimedia and Imaging Databases

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Khoshfian, Setrag / Khoshafian / Khoshafian, Setrag, PUBLISHER: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Affordable and mainstream manipulation of multimedia ong>dataong> types will lead to tremendous growth in imaging and multimedia ong>dataong> in general computing environments. Multimedia and imaging applications can now provide benefits to common business applications by integrating voice, sound, images, animation and digitized video. Ultimately, it will be possible to convert all information that is currently stored on paper, video and film into a digitized environment. This will allow users to organize, search and route multimedia objects over local and wide area networks in real time. ong>Theong> authors' introductory level presentation of this new class of ong>dataong> types supplies ong>theong> ong>dataong>base technology required for effective manipulation and storage. Multimedia and ong>dataong>base experts, Khoshafian and Baker aptly illustrate ong>theong> ability of multimedia ong>dataong>base systems to concurrently share, access, and query large collections of multimedia information. ong>Theong>y introduce ong>theong> elemental concepts of object and relational ong>dataong>bases and ong>theong>n apply ong>theong>m to multimedia and imaging ong>dataong>bases. Fundamental ong>dataong>base topics discussed include querying, transaction support, recovery, security, and storage. This ong>bookong> provides information essential to ong>theong> incorporation of multimedia ong>dataong>bases that will improve ong>theong> quantity and quality of information manipulated by computer users in many areas including medicine, computer aided design, and information retrieval systems.

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The IBOC Handbook: Understanding HD Radio Technology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Maxson, David P., PUBLISHER: Focal Press, Radio broadcast engineers seeking to design and operate HD Radio(TM) transmission systems will benefit from ong>theong> detailed exposition of ong>theong> technology. ong>Theong> ong>bookong> lays out ong>theong> entire structure of this digital transmission system. System equations are presented in a manner that is useful to those interested in ong>theong>m, while retaining a clear narrative for those who seek a general understanding of how ong>theong> technology works. ong>Theong> ong>bookong> also presents a summary of ong>theong> history of ong>theong> technology and ong>theong> NRSC-5 standard, as well as forward-looking information on emerging technologies and applications. - ong>Theong> IBOC Handong>bookong> includes numnerous diagrams and explanations of ong>theong> system protocol stack and transmission systems for digital radio. - First and only overview of ong>theong> newly approved NRSC-5 Standard - This ong>bookong> informs ong>theong> reader about ong>theong> interconnected parts of IBOC technology, on paper-- from standards setting to system architecture-- and in hardware-- from audio and ong>dataong> technology to transmission.

Text and Context: Document Storage and Processing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jones, Susan, PUBLISHER: Springer, Text and Context: Document Storage and Processing describes information processing techniques, including those which do not appear in conventional textong>bookong>s on ong>dataong>base systems. It focuses on ong>theong> input, storage, retrieval and presentation of primarily textual information, togeong>theong>r with auxiliary material about graphic and video ong>dataong>. ong>Theong>re are chapters on text analysis as a basis for lexicography, full-text ong>dataong>bases and information retrieval, ong>theong> use of optical storage for both ASCII text and scanned document images, hypertext and multi-media systems, abstract document definition, and document formatting and imaging. ong>Theong> material is treated in an informal way with an emphasis on real applications and software. ong>Theong>re are, among oong>theong>rs, case studies from Reuters, British Airways, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Sony, and HMSO. Relevant industry standards are discussed including ISO for CD-ROM file storage, CCITT Group4 ong>dataong> compression, ong>theong> Standard Generalised Markup Language and Office Document Architecture, and ong>theong> Postscript language. Readers will benefit from ong>theong> way Susan Jones has brought togeong>theong>r this information, in a logical sequence, to highlight ong>theong> connections between related topics. This ong>bookong> will be of interest to second and third year undergraduates and MSc students in computer science, to B/TEC HTD final year computing and information science students eiong>theong>r specialising in IT or taking an IT option, and to students taking courses in IT and in business computing systems.

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Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Buckland, Raymond, PUBLISHER: Llewellyn Publications, Here is ong>theong> most complete self-study course in modern Wicca available, written by ong>theong> person who first went public with "ong>Theong> Old Religion" in ong>theong> United States. For group or solitary use, it includes rituals; exercises for developing psychic talents; information on all major "sects" of ong>theong> Craft; sections on tools, beliefs, dreams, meditations, divination, herbal lore, healing, ritual clothing; and much, much more. Even those who have practiced Wicca for years find useful information in "Buckland's Complete ong>Bookong> of Witchcraft," and many covens are using it as ong>theong>ir textong>bookong>. Profusely illustrated and full of music and chants.

Essentials of Communication and Orientation and Mobility for

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Heubner, Kathleen M. / Prickett, Jeanne G. / Welch, ong>Theong>rese Rafalowski, PUBLISHER: AFB Press, This series was designed to develop resources for educators of children who are visually impaired, hearing impaired, and severely disabled. ong>Theong> Hand In Hand materials emphasize ong>theong> communication and mobility skills crucial to independence, and provide important information to help service providers do ong>theong>ir jobs effectively. Containing contributions from more than 30 nationally recognized experts in ong>theong> field of deaf-blindness, this groundbreaking information consists of four components that can be used separately or togeong>theong>r. An in-service training guide that presents structured information and guidelines for using ong>theong> Hand In Hand materials with various audiences. Focusing on ong>theong> needs of ong>theong> trainer, this manual provides sample blueprints for individual workshops, as well as an overview of training, assessment, and evaluation. Also includes sample forms for conducting a pre-training needs assessment and post-training evaluation.

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Video Systems in an It Environment: The Essentials of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kovalick, Al, PUBLISHER: Focal Press, Audio/Video (AV) systems and Information Technology (IT) are colliding. Broadcasters and oong>theong>r AV professionals are impacted by ong>theong> transition to IT components and techniques. This is ong>theong> first ong>bookong> to focus on ong>theong> intersection of AV and IT concepts. It includes technology reviews and ong>theong> tools to understand and evaluate key aspects of hybrid AV systems. Twelve chapters encompass a broad range of information including: IT integration, AV networking, storage systems, file and metaong>dataong> formats, software platforms, reliability, element management, security, workflow improvement, AV technology, transition issues, and real-world case studies. Each chapter weaves togeong>theong>r IT and AV techniques providing ong>theong> reader with actionable information on ong>theong> issues, processes and principles of seamless AV/IT systems integration. * Explains Tapeless Workflows * Packed with 225 illustrations * Supported with 11 Appendixes covering interesting and diverse topics

The Cambridge Factfinder

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crystal, David, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Now thoroughly revised and updated, this popular reference ong>bookong> provides ong>theong> quickest and most accurate answers to ong>theong> widest possible range of questions. With more up-to-date facts and figures than any similar ong>bookong>, ong>Theong> Cambridge Factfinder is a storehouse of general and not-so-general knowledge for anyone needing information in a hurry. ong>Theong> information is clearly presented in ong>theong> form of tables, lists, maps and diagrams. Its logical ordering, attractive page design and superb index makes this ong>theong> most user-friendly source of information available. ??? Over 800 pages of up-to-date information ??? Covers all areas of human knowledge ??? Over facts and figures ??? Over 300 maps and diagrams ??? 120-page index ensuring rapid information retrieval

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Bradt Kenya Highlights

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Briggs, Philip, PUBLISHER: Bradt Travel Guides, ong>Theong> new "Kenya Highlights" takes ong>theong> best of this magnificent country and condenses it into an informative guideong>bookong> designed for those visiting on organised tours. Renowned Africa expert, Philip Briggs - author of ten Bradt guides, and arguably ong>theong> best-respected guideong>bookong> writer on ong>theong> region - chooses ong>theong> highlights of each region of ong>theong> country (including ong>theong> parks and reserves), and provides full background information, togeong>theong>r with all ong>theong> practical information required by a visitor on a tour. ong>Theong>re's a chapter offering advice on planning a safari holiday, detailed sections on wildlife, history and people, and suggested lodge accommodation (selected in conjunction with some leading tour operators to Kenya). Featuring beautiful full-colour photos and maps throughout, this ong>bookong> serves equally as a holiday planner, a travel companion and a memento of your trip.

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